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by ydb 6y ago
It may go against the grain here, but I think advertisements in Windows 10 is crucial. It's strange, because you would expect the HN audience to be in favor of getting products in front of eyeballs. Operating systems in 2020 have evolv
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by ydb 6y ago
I am glad you mentioned China. Many people are too afraid to acknowledge the reality of that authoritarian country, for fear of reprisal from liberal do-gooders. This acquisition is a shame.
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by ydb 6y ago
That's the beauty of the free market, put your dollars where you believe they hold worth. I may disagree with your analysis, but I respect your essential freedom to vote with your money.
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by ydb 6y ago
Pfft. Elon has always been my hero. :) But on a more serious note, it is great that we are seeing thought leaders counter-act the media propaganda frenzy regarding this situation. The "big evil businessman" know best that our econ
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by ydb 6y ago
Thank you for being a diamond in the rough, Dan. Your tireless work keeping Hacker News a safe haven for free thinkers and polite politic is essential during times like these.
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by ydb 6y ago
Some people are more motivated than others. Just like some people are more intelligent than others, or more athletic than others... some are more self-motivated and can work through their own initiative rather than relying on external input
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by ydb 6y ago
This is a great idea!! We need to give these poor and low-income urban and rural students as much opportunity to "get connected" as we can. There are many thousands of gifted students out there whose potential is untapped, and I t
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by ydb 6y ago
Elon has done more for climate activism and the green movement in the last decade than basically anybody. Besides perhaps Miss Thunberg. His "guzzling" jets as you call them are a minor convenience in order to facilitate quicker,
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by ydb 6y ago
I hope Elon will be fine. The future depends on benevolent billionaires like himself to get us out of the financial mess the governments of the world have put us in. If we have any hope of tackling climate change, Tesla will be front and ce
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by ydb 6y ago
This seems... unnecessary? The free market guarantees fair contracts. If an individual is presented with an unfair offer, they merely seek employment elsewhere. It is just common sense that these sorts of things get sorted out by the free m
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by ydb 7y ago
Vinyl records are perhaps one of the best examples of commodity fetishism; in fact, they perfectly illustrate Mark Fisher's notion of "lost futures" (by way of Derrida's hauntology). Even the discussion and detailed anal
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by ydb 7y ago
> But are articles like this good or bad? Articles like this make me want to sniff glue. What should be written — and disseminated widely — is the truth that climate catastrophe is on our doorstep. Who gives a shit if Norway is warmer
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by ydb 7y ago
It looks like the neoliberal cult of "progress" has its acolytes on Hacker News, but that really shouldn't surprise. What is sad, though, is the distinct lack of empathy that this ideology instills in its adherents. Leaving p
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by ydb 7y ago
> Operation WizardOpium Life is no longer distinct from a William Gibson novel.
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by ydb 7y ago
> In an environment with no judgement, nobody conforms, everybody does what they want. And the problem with that is, when nobody conforms, no profit can be made. A large part of Silicon Valley is predicated on people conforming (Facebook
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by ydb 7y ago
> There's a matchmaking problem here. Absolutely agree. We need an efficient algorithm for matching based upon common interests, agreeability, and politeness. I wonder if matchmaking algorithms from video games would come in handy f
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by ydb 7y ago
You go Alex :) I think more people, even supposed "nonwriters," should write more! Jeff Bezos may be a chunk of hot garbage, but his bizarre writing policy is at least something good. Heck, I recommend everyone set up a blog. It
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by ydb 7y ago
Doesn't this also prove, by proxy, that this fact can potentially (if not certainly) apply to other AI & associated fields? Forgive my ignorance, but this seems to lend credence to the popular idpol claim that the white guys progra
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by ydb 7y ago
Creativity is as much a numbers game as Monopoly (the literal board game) is a numbers game: it is and it isn't. Sure, I mean you can use statistics and wave your magic eugenics wand around but I see right through you. It's a disg
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by ydb 7y ago
Hell yeah Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't is my favorite damn YouTube channel. Like everyone else here, I sing high praise of Tony. His absolutely lovable one-in-a-million combative yet beautifully intelligent personality is perfect. I&#
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by ydb 7y ago
This is nothing new. Influencing elections is a part of having elections -- this liberal idea that "bots" are somehow poisoning the electoral process is beyond out of touch. The TV you watch, whether it's CNN or FOX or MSNBC
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by ydb 7y ago
People love to hate David Foster Wallace. The irony is palpable when reading critics of his writing; they at times perfectly channel Wallace in their very critique of him. Heck, I was accosted (well, maybe the recipient of a snide remark) o
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by ydb 7y ago
> but I'd argue that is (in most instances) the only class of people who likely have to deal with a barrage of negative news coverage to begin with. They experience a barrage of negative press because they deserve it . The ultra-we
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by ydb 7y ago
> coherent That I can agree with you on. It is certainly dense material that frightens away those unwilling to be linguistically challenged when reading a book. > interesting Absolutely not. Look, I get Stirner is neat for being a pro
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by ydb 7y ago
That's rich coming from somebody who's username is literally Der Einzige . :) It's hard to believe you deign to label Baudrillard a crank yet identify enough with Stirner to make the title of his most well-known work your no
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by ydb 7y ago
It definitely can , however I'm not optimistic about people's willingness to adopt it. From my anecdotal experience, the people who are grossed out by the thought are really bothered by it. I see no way of converting those peop
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by ydb 7y ago
There is a lovely side narrative in the movie A Serious Man about this phenomenon. Although the characters in the movie were Korean, it is an excellent example of this phenomenon in Asian cultures. What intrigues me the most is that it is
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by ydb 7y ago
Most people would think the government is responsible for all these drug epidemics: the DEA jailing minorities on minor infractions or the CIA hustling cocaine between countries (look it up). But really the true culprit is just the youth, a
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by ydb 7y ago
I like this idea; current functionalities in most of my communication apps is seriously out of date. There's got to be more to that than just a little "away" badge! Good on this devs for trying something new. Now just to have
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by ydb 7y ago
Finally a country not afraid of eating critters! Or at least, not afraid of feeding them to their animals... Seriously, I've eaten protein processed from insects plenty of time and it's in no way disgusting. People need to get ove

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